More Boston Coverage

Boston Herald:From Near Dropout To Champion, Desiree Linden Inspires Apparently Linden is a fan of whiskey, but said she wasn’t going to indulge too much after her big win. “It might be too aggressive. I’ll probably be standing on a table or something, so I should probably dial it down.”

Shalane Flanagan:“I think This Was My Last Boston Marathon” “This course is really hard. The conditions are really hard. And I’m not averse to hard things, but I think I’m good with Boston. I think that was it.”

NCAA: Say Hello To The New Hayward Field

The Oregonian:“University Of Oregon Rolls Out A Space-Age Design For A New Hayward Field” The stadium will cost more than $200 million and have 12,000 to 13,00 permanent seats (Hayward currently has 8,500). Ken Goe writes, “When the project is finished, the stadium will look nothing like the current Hayward Field.” Construction is scheduled to start in June and be finished by April 1, 2020.

Register-Guard:Oregon Unveils New Hayward Field Design In response to the protest about changing Hayward Field so drastically UO President Michael Schill said, “Ultimately, they’re not going to forget the East Grandstand or not think wistfully of it,” Schill said. “But when this new track and field facility is up, I’m convinced … they’re going to be saying, ‘How could we have lived without it?'”

Hosting / Stadium Updates

The Orange County Register:Mt. SAC’s Olympic Trials Bid Secures Legal Victories The city of Walnut’s attorney signed a stipulation lifting a preliminary injunction that was preventing construction to move forward. Mt. SAC also secured at temporary victory when a judge denied a citizen group’s bid that would have prevented the college from using tax-payer funds on the stadium.